LUBBOCK, Texas — The phrase was stuck in Wayne Selden Jr.’s head: "Good shooters are not going to think twice about the last shot."

The advice came a few days earlier from coach Bill Self in practice, and though Selden started Tuesday’s game against Texas Tech 1-for-7, he knew he wasn’t going to hesitate to take the next shot.

"I know I started off the game with a make. I knew another was going to fall eventually," Selden said. "So I just kept going."

With Kansas trailing by four and 2:35 remaining, Selden heeded his coach’s words, firing up a 3-pointer from the left wing that pulled the Jayhawks to within one.

Self later called it KU’s second-biggest shot of Tuesday’s 64-63 come-from-behind victory.

"The game wouldn’t be over," Self said, "but we would be close to dead if Wayne didn’t step up and make that three."

Selden hadn’t made a shot in nearly 31 game minutes, as his other basket was a 3-pointer with 14:28 left in the first half.

After that point, he missed five straight field goals, which included a pair of 3s.

"My teammates just found me. I think it was Naadir (Tharpe) penetrating," Selden said. "I just shot it like it was a regular shot."

Interestingly, Tharpe’s pass to Selden ended up being KU’s only assist of the second half. The Jayhawks finished with six assists, which marked just the fifth time in Self’s 375 games at KU his team had an assist total that low.

One play that didn’t count as an assist was the game-winner by Andrew Wiggins. After Joel Embiid lost the ball on a spin move, Wiggins scooped it up and put in a short jumper to give KU the lead with 1.7 seconds left.

Following the final buzzer, Selden was one of the first players on the court to swarm Wiggins to congratulate him.

"It was an exciting moment for him," Selden said. "It was an exciting moment for everybody."

Selden was one of three starters that had off games offensively: The freshman had six points on 2-for-8 shooting; Tharpe had six points on 1-for-7 shooting; and Perry Ellis had four points on 0-for-3 shooting.

That didn’t seem to matter afterward, as the Jayhawks were just happy to grind out a close win.

"It felt great, because we battled. We fought hard. We felt like we deserved it, because we worked so hard," Selden said. "There's been so many games that came down to that last possession where we weren't able to come through with it. (Tuesday), we were able to pull it out."

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